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Every year, roughly one billion square feet of buildings are demolished and replaced with new construction in the United States, according to a <a href="http://www.preservationnation.org/issues/sustainability/green-lab/valuing-building-reuse.html">new report</a> from <a href="http://www.preservationnation.org/issues/sustainability/green-lab/">Preservation Green Lab</a>, and that number is likely to escalate. That's a lot of CO2 emissions and materials that could easily be saved. Since new buildings are generally more shiny and exciting though, it's easy to lose sight of the fact that the greenest building is almost always the one that's already standing....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/new-report-details-why-existing-buildings-are-greener-than-new-ones/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Every year, roughly one billion square feet of buildings are demolished and replaced with new construction in the United States, according to a <a href="http://www.preservationnation.org/issues/sustainability/green-lab/valuing-building-reuse.html">new report</a> from <a href="http://www.preservationnation.org/issues/sustainability/green-lab/">Preservation Green Lab</a>, and that number is likely to escalate. That's a lot of CO2 emissions and materials that could easily be saved. Since new buildings are generally more shiny and exciting though, it's easy to lose sight of the fact that the greenest building is almost always the one that's already standing....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/new-report-details-why-existing-buildings-are-greener-than-new-ones/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Every year, roughly one billion square feet of buildings are demolished and replaced with new construction in the United States, according to a new report from Preservation Green Lab, and that number is likely to escalate. That's a lot of CO2 emissions and materials that could easily be saved. Since new buildings are generally more shiny and exciting though, it's easy to lose sight of the fact that the greenest building is almost always the one that's already standing....